Done Deans, Pay Equality Fail, Uber and Out: The Morning Minute
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April 02, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
FAREWELL - Several of the nation's longest-serving law deans are stepping down this year, taking with them decades of institutional knowledge but providing an opportunity for fresh leadership with innovative ideas. Karen Sloan reports that long-standing law deans at Notre Dame, Ohio State University and University of Miami are bidding adieu, among many others.
MEANWHILE - Today marks the deadline the House Judiciary Committee has set for AG William Barr to turn over the Mueller Report in full and any underlying evidence to the committee, a time limit it expects Barr to ignore. Instead, the committee has teed up a Wednesday vote to authorize a subpoena to try to force Barr to provide an unredacted copy of the special counsel's report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
HIRED - Suzanne Rich Folsom, the former GC at U.S. Steel Corp., has joined the investigations and compliance team as a partner at Manatt Phelps in D.C. Ryan Lovelace reports that Folsom, who left U.S. Steele in 2017, since then has served as an adviser on compliance to tech startups.
EDITOR'S PICKS
Judge Sides With Skadden Lawyers in ICE-Raid Fight
Report: Half of World's Largest Companies Fail Pay Equality Test
Court Tosses Uber Derivative Suit Over Stolen Trade Secrets
After 50-Plus Years, Times and Customs Are Changing at Williams & Connolly
Register Now! How Can 'Lean' Methods Be Applied to Everyday Legal Tasks
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
INCOMING - Lawyers are anticipating China's major rewrite of its foreign investment laws to bring about an increase in inbound investment into China and an uptick in related legal work, Anna Zhang reports. While some attorneys remain skeptical about an appreciable increase in business, U.K. firm Linklaters concluded in a recent study that the new law could catalyze $1.5 billion worth of inbound investment into China during the next decade—an amount that would more than triple the value of foreign investment into China for the last 10 years.
WHAT YOU SAID
“The fairness and decency that your own mom and dad taught you comes into play and presents a conflict.”
— WILLIAM ALSUP, FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, ON GROWING UP IN JIM CROW MISSISSIPPI AND COMING TO BELIEVE THAT SEGREGATION WAS WRONG.
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